11.   The Japanese climbers acknowledged they found several climbers near the summit.

12.   The latest person to go missing was a Japanese climber trying to scale Dhaulagiri-I.

13.   The other Japanese climbers remained on the mountain to search for the bodies, he said.

14.   Two Japanese climbers have scaled the Himalayan peak of Mount Amadablam, the Tourism Ministry said Thursday.

15.   Hectic attempts to locate the missing Japanese climber have proved futile so far, the official said.

16.   Yasuko Namba, the Japanese female climber who went missing after scaling Mount Everest, was confirmed dead Monday, a Tokyo-based mountaineering consultancy said.

17.   The Japanese climbers would be flown out of the camp on Wednesday, the official added.